Francois Regis Gignoux, a French painter, born in Lyons in 1816. His art education was acquired chiefly in Paris, where he was under the instruction of Delaroche, Vernet, and other eminent masters. In 1840 he settled in New York, and devoted himself to landscape painting. Among his best works are The Dismal Swamp in Autumn,"Niagara in Winter, "Virginia in Indian Summer,"Four Seasons in America," "First Snow,"Winter in Vermont," and Bernese Alps by Sunrise." Since 1870 he has lived in France.